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Robert Safian

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The CEOs of Honest Company and NWSL on regaining trust from consumers—and employees

04.11.2025 2

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The CEOs of Patagonia and Chobani on how companies can retain their values in volatile times

30.10.2025 30

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Leaders from Box, Meta, and LinkedIn on how AI is reshaping the future of work

27.10.2025 1

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What is happening to the economy right now, according the SF Fed President

21.10.2025 2

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Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on the difference between a business decision and a principle decision

15.10.2025 10

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How CEOs are thinking about tackling political and social issues in today’s climate

06.10.2025 3

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Figma’s Dylan Field on how design can continue to reshape business

02.10.2025 10

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How Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna is leading her aid org in the face of Trump’s cuts

26.09.2025 5

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Ikea’s outgoing CEO on succession, sustainability, and knowing when to move on

22.09.2025 40

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Grab’s $20 billion playbook for becoming a super app

03.09.2025 3

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Runway’s AI can edit reality. Hollywood is paying attention

27.08.2025 3

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Mickey Drexler on the future of retail, AI’s limits, and lessons from Steve Jobs

25.08.2025 3

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Hinge CEO Justin McLeod on fighting loneliness, digital fatigue, and the future of online dating

22.08.2025 4

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Philips CEO Jeff DiLullo on how AI is changing healthcare today

19.08.2025 7

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How Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole lost control of her business—and took it back

10.08.2025 20

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‘We’re short about a million workers’: Rebecca Shi on immigration’s economic toll

06.08.2025 20

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How Cloudflare declared war on AI scrapers

30.07.2025 10

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LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman says the career ladder is disappearing in the AI era

26.07.2025 10

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How the Golden State Valkyries became the WNBA’s breakout expansion team

19.07.2025 3

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How Watch Duty became a go-to app during natural disasters

13.07.2025 10

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PBS chief Paula Kerger warns public broadcasting could collapse in small communities if Congress strips federal funding

09.07.2025 10

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‘Creatives are going to be elevated’: Canva’s COO on how AI is transforming the artistic landscape

02.07.2025 10

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Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone talks AI, reinvention, and reclaiming relevance

01.07.2025 3

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Autodesk CMO Dara Treseder on how brands are navigating attention and polarization at Cannes Lions

21.06.2025 5

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Reid Hoffman on Musk vs. Trump and the real AI threat to jobs

18.06.2025 6

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Block’s CFO explains Gen Z’s surprising approach to money management

16.06.2025 30

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‘We’re on the cusp of more widespread adoption’: Laura Shin on Trump, stablecoins, and the global rise of cryptocurrency

12.06.2025 10

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Sarah Spain on the future of sports media and women’s leagues

04.06.2025 10

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How Olipop CEO Ben Goodwin built a brand-new kind of soda brand

29.05.2025 9

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Welcome.US CEO Nazanin Ash on the value refugees bring to the economy—and corporate America

As the global migrant crisis continues to dominate our airwaves, Welcome.US has triggered a dramatic impact on U.S. immigration, resettling 800,000...

28.05.2025 4

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Welcome.US CEO Nazarin Ash on the value refugees bring to the economy—and corporate America

27.05.2025 3

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Box CEO Aaron Levie on the future of enterprise AI

21.05.2025 10

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Lyft CEO David Risher on competing with Uber and the future of rideshare

12.05.2025 9

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How Zipline’s Keller Cliffton built the world’s largest drone delivery network

03.05.2025 5

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Marc Lore wants AI to feed you—and make you healthier

30.04.2025 6

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José Andrés on AI, crisis tech, and rethinking the food system

23.04.2025 2

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GE Vernova’s CEO on thriving through tariffs and supply chain shifts

17.04.2025 8

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Inside ‘Signalgate’: How The Atlantic navigated a national security scandal

13.04.2025 10

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Why one lawyer took a stand against Trump-era compliance

09.04.2025 10

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Planned Parenthood’s Alexis McGill Johnson on resistance and resolve

07.04.2025 3

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Snowflake’s CEO explains the company’s high-stakes AI bet

02.04.2025 9

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Inside Carla Vernón’s plan to future-proof The Honest Company

31.03.2025 9

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NPR CEO Katherine Maher makes the case for why public radio is essential to American democracy

25.03.2025 6

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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on what business leaders need to know about Trump’s tariffs

24.03.2025 20

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‘Don’t get sidetracked by the headlines’: Betterment CEO Sarah Levy offers her investing advice

19.03.2025 10

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Why Erika Ayers Badan is turning Food52 into a media lab

17.03.2025 4

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Stacy Palmer unpacks the nonprofit sector’s existential test

12.03.2025 10

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Vital Farms’s CEO on turning the eggflation crisis into opportunity

26.02.2025 10

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Rivian’s CEO talks AI, self-driving cars, and a $5.8 billion partnership with Volkswagen

19.02.2025 5

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She helped create the U.S. Digital Service. Now it’s become the U.S. DOGE Service

14.02.2025 5

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